BACKGROUND Classic craniofacial resection and the subcranial approach are well-established techniques for the removal of tumors involving the anterior skull base. These techniques require frontal craniotomy to allow broad exposure of the anterior cranial fossa, a procedure that may be further complicated by local infection and osteomyelitis or because of a reduction in tissue perfusion and dire...

Purpose: Anal incontinence is a very stigmatizing condition, which affects biopsychosocially the patient. It is a neglected, but quite common complication of obstetric and anorectal surgery, however it has treatment options. None of the treatment options have exceptional efficacy rates and still associated with risk of recurrence. The surgery techniques known are: anterior and posterior shorten...

This document illustrates the formatting process for authors, who would be preparing their papers publication in International Journal of Scientific Advances (IJSCIA). It behooves prospective authors skillset, scientific or scholarly acumen and wherewithal to ensure that manuscript contents are original have never been submitted other journals while under review IJSCIA. Background: Basal cell c...

introduction : the pectoralis major flap is the best flap for head and neck defects. this flap has both a vascular pedicle and some disadvantages such as deformity, needing tunneling, clavicular f.x and shortening after the tunneling. case presentation: the patient was a 56 years old man with large face defect from child hood. the patient had two surgical failures in her history. external pecto...

the present article describes a case of prosthetic rehabilitation with the new technique of prefabricated osteo-cutaneous free fibula flap for reconstructing a maxillary defect which had resulted from ameloblastoma. the fibula and a cuff of 6-8 mm were prepared with its pedicle intact. the bone flap was left in place with its pedicle intact for 2 to 3 months; the skin graft and the flap were fr...

purpose: to report a case of unilateral aspergillus fumigatus interface keratitis after laser in situ keratomileusis (lasik). case report: a 22-year-old woman developed corneal infiltrates located at the flap- stroma interface in her left eye 48 hours after myopic lasik. the infiltration progressed despite administration of topical fortified antibiotics therefore, the flap was lifted and irriga...

Edgar Vicente Torres-González 1, Raul Lugo-Leyte 1, Helen Denise Lugo-Méndez 1, Martin Salazar-Pereyra 2,* and Alejandro Torres-Aldaco 1 1 Departamento de Ingeniería de Procesos e Hidráulica, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana—Iztapalapa, Av. San Rafael Atlixco No. 186, Col. Vicentina, Iztapalapa, Ciudad de México 09340, Mexico; [email protected] (E.V.T.-G.); [email protected] (R.L.-L.); hdl...

Classical studies on enactment have highlighted the beneficial effects of gestures performed in the encoding phase on memory for words and sentences, for both adults and children. In the present investigation, we focused on the role of enactment for learning from scientific texts among primary-school children. We assumed that enactment would favor the construction of a mental model of the text,...

BACKGROUND Surgical treatment of pressure ulcers is challenging for high recurrence rates. Deepithelialized flaps have been used previously with the aim to eliminate shearing forces and the cone of pressure (COP) effect. The goal of this study is to adopt a standardized protocol and evaluate if 2 different flap techniques affect outcomes. METHODS The novel COP flap is illustrated. Twenty pati...

Objective When the use of the nasoseptal flap for endoscopic skull base reconstruction has been precluded, the posterior pedicle inferior turbinate flap is a viable option for small midclival defects. Limitations of the inferior turbinate flap include its small surface area and limited arc of rotation. We describe a novel extended inferior turbinate flap that expands the reconstructive applicat...